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sessions of the Comapny.*

Surat.

The great seaport of Surat, lying some
160 miles to the North of Bombay, again
presented a similar opportunity to the
Governor-General. The Nawab & his son
died at the same time, & the unexpected
heir to the throne of Surat was approached
by Wellesley, & persuaded
early in 1800 to sign a treaty exactly
corresponding to that which had been
concluded with the Raja of Tajore a
few months before.

Oudh: the Nawab Wazir

We have as yet said nothing of Northern
India. Except for Oudh, indeed,
Wellesley's work during his seven years
of Governor-Generalship was done almost
entirely from the southern
point of view; that is, he directed
his attention far more to the welfare
of the Company's interests in the South
than to that of its possessions in
Bengal. But he gave his work where
it was most needed. In Oudh, how-
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*
Here again the dates of Hutton &
the Dictionary of National Biography
are at variance. The former gives
November 26th, 1799, the latter October
25th, for this treaty.